F3 Knoxville

Category: The Project

Chain Gang

THE SCENE: 36 degrees and a steady drizzle
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side-Straddle Hops; Tempo Merkins; Little Baby Arm Circles; Harry Rockettes; Tempo Squats; Cherry Pickers
THA-THANG:

Mosey to the awning

The mission: Gather the required hash (tally) marks for each exercise group.  Most hash marks required multiple reps to count, and approved modifications to earn a tally were included.

  • Bodybuilders
    2 burpees (w/ merk) : 1 BB
    3 burpees (no merk): 3 BB
    1 hash = 5 BB, 10 with, 15 w/o
    20 hash marks required
  • Pull-ups
    10 Bent Over Rows : 1 PU
    1 hash = 5 PU, 50 BOR
    30 hash marks required
  • Running Laps
    1 hash = 1 lap
    20 hash marks required
  • Clean & Press (with CMU)
    2 squats : 1 C&P
    4 OHP : 1 C&P
    1 hash = 10 C&P, 20 squats, 40 OHP’s
    30 hash marks required
  • Heels to Heaven
    2 Big Boys : 1 H2H
    5 LBC : 1 H2H
    1 hash = 10 H2H, 20 BB, 50 LBC
    30 hash marks required
  • Spidermans
    2 merkins : 1 SM
    3 knee merkins : 1 SM
    1 hash = 10 SM, 20 m, 30 km
    30 hash marks required

Indian Run with a large towing chain being passed to the back and sprinted to the front

MARY:
Break to do some flutter kicks on the wet ground during the chain run, just to ensure everyone was fully cold and wet before we finished.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Daily Bible Verse:  “A new commandment I give you: Love one another.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
(John 13:34-35, NIV)

What Rules Your Life?  Leonard Sweet urges us to go past the Golden Rule to the Titanium Rule.  He says it’s Jesus’ idea.  This is the way he breaks it down:

  1. The Iron Rule.  “Do unto others BEFORE they do it unto you.”  This was the rule when humanity was first organized into clans.
  2. The Silver Rule.  “Do unto others AS they have done unto you.”  This is the “eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” mentality.
  3. The Golden Rule.  “Do unto others AS YOU would have them do unto YOU.”  The Golden Rule built the best of Western civilization.  But who does it put at the center?  YOU.
  4. The Platinum Rule.  “Do unto others as THEY would have you do unto them.”  The focus moves from you to them.
  5. The Titanium Rule.  Jesus established this rule.  The focus is not on “doing;” it focuses on “loving.”  “Love one another as I have loved you.”

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for those sick and injured.  Thanks for letting me lead!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hike tomorrow; Q101 on Saturday; Help needed for Hardship Hill

Simple…. beatdown

THE SCENE: 49 degrees and foggy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: was given  to the 13 Hims and four 2.0s that showed up.
WARM-O-RAMA:
10.SSH 10. BBSU. 10 floor wipers 10 tempo merkins

THA-THANG:   The PAX each picked a station.. complete the workout,  then run a lap around senior center then move to next station

  • Rainmaker: 20 little baby arm circle, 10 second hold, 20 side fist clinches, 20 forward arm circle,  10 second could hold, 20 forward fist clinches, 20 overhead arm circle, 10 second count hold, 20 overhead fist clinches,
  • Gladiator: 10 Lunges, 4 jumping Lunges, 10 squats, 10 shoulder taps, 10 slow mountain climbers,  4 merkins, 4 commando
  • Ninja warrior: 20 jumping Lunges, 20 mountain climbers, 20 jumping Lunges,  max pull-ups, max leg raises, 40 burpees with jump knees tuck.
  • Ironman: 30 SSH, 20 Squats, 10 cross punch merkins, 10 planks with rotation, 10 elbow plank arm lift, 6 merkins, 12 wall mountain climbers, 12 doorframe rows.
  • Super Saiyan: 4 wide grip merkin, 6 merkin, 4 raised leg merkin, 60 punches, 40 turning kicks, 30 high knees, 10 set ups, 10 leg raises, 10 sitting twist.
  • Bruce lee abs : 20 reps of American twist, leg raises, crunches, heel touches,  modified V-ups, hundreds.

MARY:

Move to the beat. Stop drop roll.  Did SSH until you heard stop=plank hold,  drop=merkin, roll= roll

Box cutters, Awkward turtles, Flutter kicks.

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil,
Hebrews 6:19 NKJV
Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:5 NKJV

Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord.
Psalms 31:24 NKJV

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12

MOLESKIN:
While living on this earth we will always hope for things… sometimes those things are temporary and others eternal.

  1. Just remember that God is our living hope.. and is building a place for us to have eternal bliss..  so while we are waiting,  remember he gave us his spirit to give us some kind of comfort and keep hope burning.
    ANNOUNCEMENTS:
    . Q101 On Saturday at the project DM Mathlete

. Hike on Friday  DM Slappy

. VQ week Feb 11th

Captivating

THE SCENE: Some sweet gloom, 30s and drizzle with a little sleet to finish!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH
  • LBACs
  • Moroccan nightclubs
  • Grady corn
  • Tempo Squats
  • Hairy Rockettes
  • Projectivators

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the recruiting center
  • Stations – Work for 50s / Rest and move 20s
    • Big Bertha – swings/OHP
    • Tire Flip/ Sledge hammer
    • Black Betty – Dead lift/Rows
    • Golden Arches/Lunges
    • Curls/Tri-extensions
    • Heavy Step ups/Derkins
    • Heavy BBS/Flutters
    • Flappers/Clappers
    • Slam Ball – Slam and Hi-throw
    • Jump Rope – speed / doubles
    • Core station – Flutter kicks / Plank
    • Kettlebell – Halos/Halos
  • RTF

 

MARY:
Dealer’s choice in the sleet: LBCs, Heel touches, Prone Rows, (whatever Ocho called), Basilisk, Shoulder Taps, and Burpees to finish from Noisy Cricket!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
2.0 – Traxis
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

My son recently started reading a new book series called Redwall. It comes highly recommended from a few different folks, so I am sure it is good. One of the books was laying on the floor, and a word on the back cover caught my eye. “Welcome to the captivating world of Redwall”. Captivating. Somehow in that moment, the root of that word was really clear to me – captive. It’s funny sometimes how two closely related words can have totally opposite meanings. Awe and Awful and Awesome. Terror and Terrific. Captive and Captivating.

And I know that is likely to be a good description for my son. When he finds a book he wants to read, he is truly a captive. It often requires a bit of forcefulness to get him free of it, even for the simplest things. But that’s not unique to him, I have the same experience, just with different things. But it’s not my instinct to think of positive things when I hear the word captive. My mind goes to ropes, chains, and bars. But I think it is much more common to be held captive by a pleasure than by force. Pointing at addictive substances is an obvious move here. But our colorful light boxes capture our attention much more often and effectively. Heck it’s pretty much impossible to consume alcohol in the quantity that I have consumed a tv series. Two packs a day hardly compares to the frequency that my phone captures my eyes.

The apostle Paul knew well that our fate is captivity, whether we like it or not. We will be captive, the only question is to What? Romans 6 ends with a classic memory verse, but hear the lead up:

16Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

19I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. 20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I said the question is What will you be a slave to, but perhaps a better question is To Whom?
MOLESKIN:
Had to add a couple stations because we had such a showing! Developed some mental toughness doing Mary in the sleet.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Q101 on Feb 4, VQ week Feb 13-18, Cardinal Shirt Order on Slack, CPR Training, Escape from Haw Ridge and Hardship Hill planning is going strong – get involved!

The Princess Bride

THE SCENE: Cold and frosty
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  1. Projectivator
  2. Overhead clap
  3. Imperial Squalker
  4. Tempo merkins
  5. Cherry pickers

THA-THANG:

  1. Run to the parallel bars
  2. 20 inverse rows as we sail to the Cliffs of Insanity!
  3. 10 Wallpies and go over the pool wall.
    1. First one over must say the quote (I swear on the soul of my father, Domingo Montoya, you will reach the top alive).
  4. Left side plank for 30 sec.
    1. Why are you smiling?
    2. I know something you don’t know.
    3. I’m not left handed
  5. Right side plank for 30 sec.
  6. My way is not very sportsman-like
    1. Hang from the monkey bars for 1 min.
  7. Run to the bell.
  8. Build immunity to iocane powder.
    1. 20 dips
  9. Run to K25 hill and to the top.
  10. Roll down the hill towards the fire swamp.
  11. Run back up and over and leap the fire geyser at the bottom.
  12. Ring of fire as we battle rodents of unusual size.
  13. Squatting ring of fire as we escape the lightning sand.
  14. We are men of action. Lies do not become us.
  15. Death march to the bell as we fall into the pit of despair.
  16. Not to 50! 50 dips
  17. Buddy carry to the playground as we take Westley to Miracle Max
    1. Switch out at the parallel bars
  18. If only we had a Wheelbarrow
    1. Partner wheelbarrow back and forth to the amphitheater
  19. Mawage is what bwings us togetwar, today
    1. Al Gore while we quote the scene (Wuv, twoo wuv also)
  20. The chase! Jail break to the shovel flag.  No wammies!
  21. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
    1. Overhead clap. In cadence. Until it hurts like you’ve been stabbed in the arms.
  22. To the pain!
    1. Ring of fire.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“We are men of action. Lies do not become us.”

Who do we lie to?  Others? Ourselves? Our God?

One way we lie to all three is by pretending we will live forever.

Think of your legacy.  What do you picture? Money? A business? Heirlooms or possessions?

Which of these will survive 10 years? 20 years? 50? 100? Eternity?

Steve Jobs was one of the most influential people in the world while he lived and continues to be.  However, within months of his death, Apple released a product he said they’d never make: the iPad Mini.

Do not lie to yourself and pretend that your material work will leave a legacy for your family.  The only true legacy we can leave is by passing our values from the Word of God to others in our lives. The disciples we make will outlive us way longer than any work of our hands.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Last week to sign up for Dog tags.  Q 101 coming up.  Valentine’s week is VQ week.

Proverbs 21:3

THE SCENE: A little overcast with some rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Given
WARM-O-RAMA:
The PAX mosey to the front of library and did 10 SSH in cadence… then mosey to the library parking lot and did 10 apple turnover… then mosey to the coupon and carried them back to senior center doing rotation of curls,OHP, FARMER carry
THA-THANG:
20 minute timer

  • 10 and 4 of these excerise wolverine/4 mountain climber
  • Curls down the hill
  • Murder bunny up
  • 10 and 4 Iron hulk
  • Curls down the hill
  • Murder bunny up

MARY:
Did the cupid shuffle  then PAX led heavy core exercise till time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Proverbs 21:3 ESV

Mark 4:3-9

MOLESKIN:
God wants us to sow the seeds of his message by living righteous and just. When we sacrifice righteous and justice we are allowing the seeds of the gospel to be choked by the thorns of this life.